Phil Collins

October 30, 2014  Phil Collins will not, in fact, be working on Adele's next album as the former Genesis drummer reported earlier this year. In January, Collins said the 21 singer had reached out to him for help on her next album. However, in an interview with Q Magazine, he explained that he never heard back from Adele. …Read on

June 26, 2014  Phil Collins isn't just an iconic songwriter and badass drummer. It turns out he's a history buff, and collector of badass icons. Perhaps most unexpectedly, Texas monument the Alamo is the British musician's specialty. And today he held a press conference in San Antonio to announce that he'll be donating his entire 200-piece collection to the landmark's official museum. …Read on

January 24, 2014  Phil Collins has revealed that he's working on music with Adele. The former Genesis leader and solo '80s icon gave an interview to Inside South Florida in which he explained that the 25-year-old powerhouse soul singer reached out to him about collaborating."I've just started to work with Adele. She contacted me to write together," he said, according to MTV before going on. "I wasn't actuality too aware [of her]. …Read on

July 25, 2012  First! Nas demonstrates the power of daily affirmations by scoring the No. 1 slot on this week's Billboard 200 ranking with his Life is Good set, which sold 149,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. It's his fifth chart-topping debut (sixth if you count his 1999 collaboration with Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature, The Firm), the last being 2008's Untitled. …Read on

March 9, 2011 
Adele earned the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts for the second week in a row with her second album, 21. The British singer moved 168,000 copies of the LP, following last week's sales of 352,000 units. …Read on

March 8, 2011 
After reports surfaced over the weekend that Phil Collins has retired from music due to health issues, his rep has clarified his comments by insisting he is not calling it quits. "He is not, has no intention of, retiring," Collins' rep said. [People]
Hear Broken Bells' psychedelic freak-out "Windows," a new track from Danger Mouse and James Mercer that will be included on the four-track EP Meyrin Fields. …Read on

March 7, 2011 
Phil Collins has announced he will be quitting music for good, citing health issues like hearing problems, dislocated vertebra, and nerve damage, which have made playing drums difficult, as reasons for his retirement. "I don't really belong to that world, and I don't think anyone's going to miss me," he said. …Read on

August 19, 2010  It would be both annoying and inaccurate to quip that diminutive, balding drummer-turned-singer Phil Collins became a music-industry titan against all odds. As evidenced by his multitude of hits, both solo and with Genesis, the 59-year-old Englishman made banging out karaoke favorites look easy. …Read on

March 13, 2009  John Mayer has challenged Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak by singing over a hip-hop beat on his new track, which features the lyric: "I like sex / And I'm good at it." What's next? Mayer's ex, Jennifer Aniston, finds a personality? [YouTube]
Grandma and Grandpa know best -- especially when it comes to critiquing Animal Collective. …Read on